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One of the suspects, a 16-year-old boy who was hit by a car as he tried to flee on foot from the 2002 Mercedes station wagon involved in the pursuit, remained in critical condition Wednesday.

The other suspects, a 16-year-old boy who was driving the car and an 18-year-old man, were not injured and remained in custody, authorities said.

Police have not released the names of the suspects.

Some guns recovered in the vehicle are being tested by police to see if they are connected to the other crimes, Officer Johnna Watson said. The 2002 Mercedes the three were in also may have been used in the shootings, authorities said.

Police did not provide additional details about shootings that may have involved the three suspects.

Police first spotted the suspects’ Mercedes about 4:24 p.m. Tuesday in the area of 98th and Edes avenues and tried to stop it.

Paramedics check out a suspect handcuffed in a police car at the scene of a car collision on Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017.(Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group)

Instead, the car drove off and got onto the northbound lanes of I-880, where it was involved in some minor collisions with other vehicles before getting off the freeway at 23rd Avenue with police in pursuit.

From there, the Mercedes drove on city streets until getting onto the westbound lanes of I-580 at Fruitvale Avenue. The car may have been involved in another collision before entering the freeway.

With police still in pursuit, the Mercedes exited I-580 at Lakeshore Avenue and stopped on Lake Park Avenue near Lakeshore, apparently due to damage from collisions.

The trio fled the vehicle. The 16-year-old who was hit in the roadway by a nonpolice vehicle suffered critical injuries.

Harry Harris is a Pulitzer Prize winning breaking news reporter for the Bay Area News Group. He began his Oakland Tribune career in September 1965 as a 17-year-old copyboy. He became a reporter in 1972 and is considered one of the best crime and breaking news reporters in the country. He has covered tens of thousands of murders and other crimes in the East Bay. He has also mentored dozens of young reporters, some of whom continue to work in journalism today.